U21 World League

☆ Minas Tirith ☆
Spectators: 7997 (Terracing: 5999, Seating: 1839, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. King Thorin started the match with the kick off. Absoliut's Vaclovas Jurkus proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Absoliut from getting a goal against them. Albinas Gudauskas kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Caio Freitas was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 5 minutes into the match. The supporters of Gondor FC™ booed when Absoliut was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Caio Freitas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Husein Bilalović struck a weak shot in the 6th minute. Vaclovas Jurkus didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gondor FC™. Motiejus Baikštys hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Vaclovas Jurkus took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bard Bowman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Todor Kožica managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gondor FC™'s supporters rose to their feet, but Todor Kožica was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vaclovas Jurkus breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Donostia Soldevila hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Tahir Srna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tauras Dovydėnas in the 19th minute of the match. King Thorin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Vaclovas Jurkus made a huge save. Tauras Dovydėnas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Tahir Srna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 24th match minute, Absoliut was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Motiejus Baikštys to maneuver through the defense. In the 26th minute of the match Amar Amautović shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vaclovas Jurkus showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Vaclovas Jurkus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from King Thorin, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Albinas Gudauskas hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Vaclovas Jurkus made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when King Thorin sent off a good shot on target. Donostia Soldevila got a throw-in 37 minutes in the game and the ball was received by King Thorin. In the 39th minute Šećer Pejović shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vaclovas Jurkus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by King Thorin in the 40th minute of play forced Absoliut's goalkeeper Vaclovas Jurkus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 41 minutes, Henrikas Lisauskas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Absoliut and the Gondor FC™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Absoliut getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Henrikas Lisauskas hit a great ball. Bard Bowman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vaclovas Jurkus having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Vaclovas Jurkus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from King Thorin, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. 54 minutes into the game, Donostia Soldevila was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gondor FC™'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Absoliut the free kick. A collision led to Gondor FC™ getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Donostia Soldevila hit a great ball. Absoliut's attentive Henrikas Lisauskas managed to snatch the ball when Donostia Soldevila made a throw-in in the 61st minute of the game. Donostia Soldevila made in the 69th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Perica Tadić. Vaclovas Jurkus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Husein Bilalović, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Albinas Gudauskas hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Gondor FC™ made a substitution. Belimir Gondolf replaced Ball Lalić. After 73 played minutes Absoliut got a freekick which was hit by Albinas Gudauskas. Tauras Dovydėnas struck a weak shot in the 81st minute. Tahir Srna didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Absoliut. In the 83rd match minute, Absoliut was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tauras Dovydėnas to maneuver through the defense. When Tauras Dovydėnas came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Absoliut fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tauras Dovydėnas couldn't finish the play. In the 90th minute, Bard Bowman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gondor FC™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. 93 minutes into the match, Bard Bowman notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Absoliut's Vaclovas Jurkus. Vaclovas Jurkus was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vaclovas Jurkus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bard Bowman, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Gondor FC™ had played much better football throughout.